A God needs A Goddess.
Chapter One.
Claire yawned loudly and clapped her hand over her mouth to try and stifle it. She was absolutely exhausted, she had taken charge of TerraSave's latest clean up operation and that meant it was up to her to write the reports, thankfully she was almost done but her eyes felt like they were being dragged down by lead weights.
She needed some coffee, bad.
Claire got up from her desk and walked to the break room which was only a few doors down from her office and began to make herself a cup. As she made it she realised that Alan and Fred, the two security guards who monitored the vault in the sub-basement would probably want a cup as well so she decided to make them some as well.
The only way to get to the sub-basement was using the main elevator and even then a special key was needed and only the most senior of TerraSave employees had one, for good reason as the vault contained sensitive material such as samples of virus's which were held with the intent of making a vaccine.
At the moment the vault was full to busting with material from the latest clean up in Russia and Claire couldn't wait for the BSAA to come and take most of it away.
Thinking of the BSAA got her thinking about Chris, she missed her older brother. Ever since Jill had died killing Wesker he been all about the job, the last time she had seen him was about six months ago when they met up for a cup of coffee. She wasn't even sure where Chris even was right now.
Claire sighed and shook her head before sliding her access key in and hitting the lit up button, as the elevator descend Claire couldn't help but get an odd feeling, something felt wrong and she wasn't sure why.
She shook her head again, it was probably nothing.
The doors slid open and she opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out when she saw the scene of carnage in the room.
Alan was bent over the desk, a large bloody hole punched through his back. Fred was laying on the floor with his neck twisted and the vault door was wide open.
Claire took a shaky breath and placed the coffee tray down before she dropped it and the smashing of the mugs would draw something's attention, she needed to get back to her office and grab her gun.
"And by the time you do that the people who did this could already be gone!" Her mind hissed at her. "Come on, just take a peek around the vault door and see who it is, that way at least you can describe who did it later."
Claire knew that it was dangerous but she knew that she had to at least try, she held her breath and crept towards the door and she was suddenly reminded of creeping through the dark hallways of the police station back in Raccoon.
"Now isn't the time for a PTSD flashback Redfield, hurry up and get this done with and go!" Claire nodded and approached the door, peeking her head around the side. Her eyes widening at what she saw.
There were three people inside the room, the first she couldn't tell the gender of due to the heavy black cloak and bird mask they were wearing, it was an unusual get up to say the least.
The second figure in the room made her more disbelieving than anything, Neil Fisher was standing in the room with a nervous expression on his face. Neil had an access key for the vault level, he couldn't have let the others in the room and just watched as they killed Alan and Fred, he just couldn't!
But it was the third figure in the room that made her breath catch in her throat and made her want to scream and run for the hills, Albert Wesker, the devil himself back from the dead with his black shades covering his hellish eyes as he grinned down at a vial filled with a blue liquid.
It was time to go.
Claire took a few steps back but then, as if the universe was laughing at her, the bird person just happened to look up. Straight at her.
For a moment there was nothing but silence.
And then the bird person rushed forward, leaped over Claire and landed behind her, twisted Claire's arm behind her back and forced her to her knees.
"Claire!" Neil said in shook as he stared at his co-worker. "It's...Claire, I swear that this isn't what it looks like!" He said, almost pleaded with her.
"Dear Heart!" Wesker said with a dark smirk as he placed the vial in a sliver case and then took a step towards Claire. "Well, isn't this just the loveliest surprise, I wasn't even aware that you worked for this branch of TerraSave." His tone made it clear to her that he was more than aware that she worked for this branch.
"Bite me Wesker! And tell your freak to let me go!" Claire shouted as she tried to struggle free from the bird person's grasp but they were too strong for her.
Wesker tutted and shook his head. "I see that your brother continues to be a terrible influence on you and, honestly Dear Heart, is that the way you talk about your old friends?"
"What are you talking about!?" Claire shouted as her eyes narrowed in confusion.
Wesker smiled a smile that chilled Claire's blood before he reached out and took the mask off of the bird person, Claire had to twist her to look at the person's face but eventually she was able to...And how she wished that she hadn't.
Her skin was much paler and her once brown hair was now almost platinum blond and her blue eyes were now almost silver but there was no denying who it was no matter how much she wished that she could.
"Jill..." She whispered in disbelief as she stared up at her friend who stared back down in with no indication that she realised who Claire was.
While Claire was distracted looking up at Jill she didn't notice Wesker kneeling down next to her and sliding and a syringe into her neck until it was too late. As Wesker pressed down on the plunger and the syringe emptied into her veins and everything started to go black she could only hear one thing.
"Sleep well Dear Heart, I've never been one to look a gift horse in the mouth."
End of Chapter One
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